United Nations news (407)
NewsvineMADAGASCAR: Going the way of the dodo?
UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 21 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 - Vast portions of Madagascar's unique biodiversity could be lost - possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world - by the continued suspension of environmental funding in response to an ... ...read article
JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 - Vast portions of Madagascar's unique biodiversity could be lost - possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world - by the continued suspension of environmental funding in response to an ... ...read article
AFRICA: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 21 hours ago
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 - Members of the African Union reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is ... ...read article
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 - Members of the African Union reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is ... ...read article
GUINEA: Climbing out of the donor funding gap
UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 21 hours ago
DAKAR, 28 July 2010 - More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency". ...read article
DAKAR, 28 July 2010 - More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency". ...read article
Former World Bank auditor to lead U.N. internal watchdog unit
People’s Daily : World: 22 hours ago
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday approved the appointment of former World Bank chief auditor Carman Lapointe-Young to head the U.N.'s internal watchdog unit. Lapointe-Young, a Canadian national, was appointed to a non-renewable five-year term ... ...read article
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday approved the appointment of former World Bank chief auditor Carman Lapointe-Young to head the U.N.'s internal watchdog unit. Lapointe-Young, a Canadian national, was appointed to a non-renewable five-year term ... ...read article